EA Sports Active 2 - 9 week Challenge

So, I feel all of your pain...... I've had the leg thing not work, most often at the end when I'm trying to relax into stretches!

I hate running and foot fires, and lunges. I have trouble with all of it to be honest. My husband catches me losing my breath through it all and worries about me overworking.

For me, I have to remind myself every day why I am doing this. It is BECAUSE I CAN'T, BUT DESPERATELY WANT TO BE IN EXCELLENT HEALTH.....

So I do the best I can and pray it's enough to make those changes I see every day permanent.

Honestly, I've tried the gym 4x (different memberships), all the equipment, workout groups, walking, jogging, videos etc.

So far, Active has given me the best results. I do add in some ab stuff from youtube, but overall, it feels like a personal trainer to me.

I don't worry so much about the calories, I have a thyroid issue so those measurements are not accurate for me. But my legs look leaner and I'm not tired at 3 p.m. like before. I can see my feet again.... Keep the faith everyone! See you all on the other side!

OOOO I am in the middle of this, I am doing workout 11 today, I really like it.

Mines set to hard I tend to burn off just under 200cals, I use hand weight not the band though.

I also use hand weights. The resistance band that comes with the system is pretty much a joke. I couldn't figure out how to tie those straps on, so I was like screw this! I have 3 pound and 5 pound weights that I use. I feel like I could possibly move up to 7.5 pounds weights soon.... we shall see:happy:

Never thought about using hand weights either. I gave up on the strap handles and just hang onto the band myself.

I think I did workout 18 or 19 today of 9-week on Hard. 44 minutes, 239 Cal.

They decided to throw some jump lunges in there. I was thinking that maybe the foot fires weren't so bad and then...BAM! back to the foofires. He can hear me! Apparently he can't SEE me though because when I'm outrunning him he tells me to hurry up or I'm going to get left behind...while he's behind me.

I think we are crashing the EA Server. Someone tried to join the group and got an error message. I tried going on the website and it said they were having problems due to a large volume of use. Keep trying if you didn't get in the group yet.

I just started the Cadio Kickstart 4 week program. Today is my second workout. Hope all goes well. My legs still feel like jell-o from Tuesday!

Sounds like everyone had a great day today "getting fit and having fun!"

Today was a rest day but while I waffled over working out I eventually decided I might as well do it. I'm glad I did--I'm feeling super energized and amazing now!

I did a trainer-generated full body workout. Nothing too horrible except the Outrun (Long)--I don't have the right kind of fitness/endurance built up yet to have an easy time of that. Trainer Niki gave me one of the 10-minute step aerobic classes and I enjoyed that. My living room isn't quite big enough, though, and I live in terror of kicking my husband's laptop right off the end table. Oh well!

Time: 22:45
Calories: 197.4
Avg HR: 119
Max HR: 163

Have a great evening, everyone!

All done with the 3 week kick start and going to start the 9 week challenge either tomorrow or Sunday. :flowerforyou:

Had to take today off as my body was telling me it really needs a rest day. :huh: woke up this morning and everything hurt :noway:

I don't find planks to be that difficult myself, although I seriously hate "Mountain Climbers". They hurt!!!!!

SNAP... I hate "Mountain Climbers" too and the long version of "Mountain boarding" (if thats what it's called)....after you've just done a load of squats it's not what you want to appear next ... ouch!:laugh:

The game was ticking me off today and not picking me up all the time. I ran my TUSH off and couldn't catch anyone on the outrun even though I paced my feet off their feet. Time to buy a polar HRM I think!

That was me yesterday!! I forgot to buy rechargable batteries so had to pray that the other batteries would last throughout the workout. Anyway, my first exercise after the warmup was follow the leader. While I was running the sensor was okay but when I got to the fast kickups, it wouldn't pick me up. I repositioned the band after I was done. The following exercise was outrun and no matter how hard and fast I pumped my legs, it would not move. I just knew it was going to be a bad night. lol I took the batteries out and flipped them over and restarted the workout and that worked, thankfully.

I'm still waiting for my S.O. to purchase my HRM. I saw the Polar FT4 in REI so he's going to get it for me. Until then, I just use the EA calorie count knowing that it's probably lower than what I actually burned.

Don't let the 40 minutes scare you.

I wish there was a way to stop it from cheering and saying "good job!" after each exercise. Just move on already!! Also I'm tired of them demonstrating the warm ups to me every day. I'm on PHASE 2....I've figured out how to swing my arms in a circle by now! I would also like to know how long each workout is going to take before I start it. There's no way to see that the next day's workout is 5 minutes longer. I try to fit it in before the kids get up. I should be writing this to EA!!

They keep adding in more new exercises. Today they threw in some regular push ups. Despite all my new muscles, I still suck at those.

Hmmm....I never look at the "calendar" part. I just look at the part where I'm clicking for today's workout. Thanks, I'll look there.

Also I'm tired of them demonstrating the warm ups to me every day. I'm on PHASE 2....I've figured out how to swing my arms in a circle by now!

They keep adding in more new exercises. Today they threw in some regular push ups. Despite all my new muscles, I still suck at those.

You seem to always be in my head! LOL I actually just start the warmups from the time it says "watch me" or whatever. I actually did one round of regular push-ups during Phase 1 and I'm on medium. The second time I did push-ups during that session, it was on bent knees. I can't do a regular push-up to save my life!

Monique, I remember the session with the four foot fires. I yelled at my friend for not warning me (she was one workout ahead of me at the time). lol

Ummm....ladies...I hate to tell you this but I've seen lots of workouts with 4 sets of foot fires. I'm on the hard setting though. Maybe the other settings are kinder. This is why I was complaining about them. They lunge me to death and expect me to be able to move my thighs again for a foot fire. In real life, my feet would burn off.

Ordered a new HRM today. I'm excited to see how far off the game one is.

You can do it. I went from couch potato straight to medium then moved it up to hard after about 6 workouts I think. You can always try a trainer generated workout on one of your rest days and set it to medium to see if you can handle it. That's what made me move up to hard.